Barreto: SBA Leader Says Economy Has Turned Corner
As the administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Hector
Barreto oversees financial and business development programs for the
nation's entrepreneurs. The SBA has a portfolio of more than $45
billion of direct and guaranteed business loans and disaster loans. The
SBA is the nation's largest financial backer of small businesses.
Barreto is an entrepreneur himself. He founded Barreto Insurance and
Financial Services in California...
Tom Still: Above par – Playing 18 holes on Wisconsin’s high-tech course
By Tom Still
MADISON – It’s PGA Championship Week in Wisconsin, which means the golfing world will beat a path to one of the state’s most spectacular doorsteps, the 7,514-yard Whistling Straits course in Kohler. With lake-hugging holes named “Grand Strand,” “Cliff Hanger” and “Voyageur,” it’s an inspiring place for the 86th annual tournament.
But Wisconsin boasts another course, equally impressive,...
Statement by HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson on President’s Embryonic Stem Cell Policy
For Release: Immediately
Contact: HHS Press Office
(202) 690-6343
STATEMENT BY HHS SECRETARY TOMMY G. THOMPSON
ON PRESIDENT'S EMBRYONIC STEM CELL POLICY
Three years ago, President Bush opened the nation's laboratory doors for thefirst time to federal taxpayer funding for human embryonic stem cell research. The President remains committed to this groundbreaking policy that is advancing medical research into some of our...
Kerry Campaign: Kerry Says He will Lift Stem Cell Ban and Restore America’s Scientific Leadership during Radio Address
August 7, 2004
Contact: George Twigg, 608-260-2411
Kerry Says He will Lift Stem Cell Ban and Restore America’s Scientific Leadership during Radio Address
Washington, DC – With Monday marking the three year anniversary of George Bush’s far-reaching ban on stem cell research, Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry used his radio address to the nation Saturday to assure the American people that...
Governor Jim Doyle: Bush administration should stop obstructing free trade of prescription drugs
Bush administration should stop obstructing free trade of prescription drugs
Many small businesses in Wisconsin have been hit hard by rising health care costs, and one of the major drivers of this problem is the high cost of prescription drugs.
Although we have within our grasp the means to lower costs through the re-importation of safe, affordable prescription drugs from Canada,...
